End fastener for music-roll sheets



Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,453

R. S. HAASE END FASTENER FOR MUSIC ROLL SHEETS FiledNov. 26, 1924 INVENTOR WITNE BSEB v a E a I E w ATTORN EY Patented Jan. 5, 1926,

UNITED STATES RUDOLPH SID 033T HAASE OF I'IGUSTON, TEXAS.

END FASTENEB FOR MUSIC-ROLL SHEETS.

Application filed November 26, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH S. HAAsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful End Fastener for Music-Roll Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to end fasteners for perforated sheets of music for securing the same to rolls.

The object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device which may be easily and quickly applied to the ends of perforated sheet music used on rolls in connection with player pianos or like musical instruments, when the ordinary eyelet generally used thereon has become torn off through accident or wear.

Another object is to provide a substitute end fastener for this purpose which is adapted to be applied to the end of the sheet, and is equipped with means for easily and quickly centering the eyelet thereof with relation to the longitudinal center line of said sheet, so that when the sheet is unwound from one roll and wound upon the other the pull will be equally distributed.

A. full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification; it being understood that while the drawing shows practical forms of the invention, the latter is not to be confined to strict conformity with the showing thereof, but may be changed or modified, so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of one form of the attachment.

Figure 2 is a similar View of the device applied to the end of a roll of perforated sheet music.

Figure 3 is a detail View of a modified form of the invention.

Figure 4 is asimilar View of another modified form.

The device consists of an appliance for attachment to the ends of a sheet of perfo- Serial No. 752,422.

rated music, when the ordinary eyelet or other connecting means thereof has become torn off, and which, in the forms shown in Figures 1 and Q, of the drawing, comprises a triangular body member 1 made of a suitable grade of thin, tough paper, linen or other suitable material having its under surface coated with suitable adhesive. One point of the triangular body member is extended to form a projecting tab 2 which has a metallic eyelet 3 suitably secured thereto.

Each of the other arms of the body memher 1 is provided with an elongated strip of paper 4, tapered at their inner ends, as at 5, and suitably held to the body member by adhesive, the said arms extending in longitudinal alinement with each other and having their outer ends 6 cut off square and pro vided, near their inner ends where attached to the body member, with a transverse row of perforations 7 corresponding to the shape of the adjacent ends of the triangular body member, which preferably has its corners rounded.

The arms 4: are not coated on either face with adhesive except where they are attached to the body member beyond the line of perforations 7, and the said arms are adapted to be used as gage arms for centering the body member on the torn or damaged end of the sheet 8 of perforated music by simply placing the device, after the body member has been suitably moistened on its coated face, upon said sheet with the ends of the gage arms 4: abutting equally against the inner faces of the end flanges 9 of the usual music roll 10.

The distance between the outer, free ends of the arms i is predetermined to accord with the distance between the end flanges 9 of the standard rolls so that it is a simple and easy operation to center the attachment.

When the body member has thus been centered and properly located with two sides of the triangle corresponding with the tapered end of the sheet of music, and the same has been pressed to cause adhesion, the arms i are torn ofi along the line of perforations 7 and discarded when, after thoroughly drying, the attachment will cause the rolling of the sheet of music to be unlform and even.

In Figure 3 there is shown a slightly modified form in which the body member 11 is of a similar shape to the first described form, and is similarly attached to the end of the sheet 8 by adhesive on the under side thereof. This form is also provided with the extended tab 12 having the eyelet 13 and which, like the aforesaid eyelet 3 is adapted to be engaged by a pin or hook usually carried by the roll 10 for the purpose of windmg.

The gage arms 14:, in this form of the device, instead of being attached to the outer face of the body member, are glued or similarly connected to the under face of the body member, and are adapted to" beheld to the end of the sheet 8 by adhesive 15 which is moistened like the body member and pressed down to cause the arms, after performing their gaging :Eu'nct-ion's'in the same manner as the first form, and are caused to permanently remainon the said sheet along with the body member and thus serve to reinforce the end of the sheet from one side to the other.

In Figure 4 there is shown a still further modification for application to the torn or damaged end of the sheet8, and in this form the gage arms 16 are formed integrally with the body member 17 and form extensions thereof, the under face of the entire attachment being coated with the adhesive and applied in position, the ends of the arms 16 serving to center the same by contact with the flanges 9 of the roll, and the extending tab 18 provided with the eyelet 19 being in proper position for connection with the aforesaid pin or hook (not shown).

The form shown in Figures 1 and 2 is suitable for attachment to a sheet of perforated or other rolled music which has merely had the usual eyelet torn therefrom, while the last two forms of the device will serve to reinforce'sheets that have been more or less torn or mutilated at the end. It will be seen from the foregoing that a simple and cheaply-111anufactured device has been provided for repairing damaged rolls of music, which are usually discarded as being impossible to use further, though the invention may also be used in the original construction of the music roll sheets.

What is claimed is:

An end fastener for music roll sheets comprising a flexible body member having adhesive on its under side, outstanding longitudinally alined gage arms carried by the body member and adapted to contact with the end flanges of the music roll to center the body member, said arms having each a. transverse row of perforations to facilitate tearing off the arms after centering the body member, and a tab extending from the body member and having an eyelet for connection to a roll for re-winding.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atfixed my signature.

RUDOLPH SIMON HAASE. 

